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This year I took the opportunity to invest in BrewDog via Equity for Punks IV. I love what BrewDog are doing in the craft beer arena and am happy to support them. Besides which being a shareholder comes with a few perks such as discounts in BrewDog bars and on their online store.

A further benefit is the opportunity to join the EFP specific BottleBox club. The EPV BottleBox club is a subscription service which delivers a box of 12 BrewDog beers either monthly or bi-monthly.

I deliberated over joining for a couple of weeks primarily because I was not sure exactly what to expect from the club. I was most interested in getting a good selection of different BrewDog beers with some rarer and/or special beers to lay down for a later date.

Finally I just went for it and chose the annual up-front payment which got me one of the monthly boxes for free. So for a £385 investment I would get 12 boxes of beer at £32 each (including postage).

My BottleBox was delivered via ParcelForce. Personally, as someone who works, I am not a fan of ParcelForce as I find their weekday, working hours only delivery service to be too inflexible. However, I had a word with a BrewDog staffer and they told me that Doddle and CollectPlus pick-up delivery options are in the pipeline.

Via ParcelForce I opted for a delivery to my local post office and picked up my first box of beer from there. It was well packaged and arrived undamaged:

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Here’s what I found in the June BottleBox:

Monk Hammer – can

Jack Hammer – can

Dog D – bottle

Bourbon Baby – bottle x 2

Kingpin – bottle

AB:19 – bottle

Dead Pony Club – bottle

Jet Black Heart – bottle

Arcade Nation – bottle

Black Hammer – can x 2

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By my reckoning that is £44 worth of beer (I’ve used cheaper supermarket prices for those the beers that are normally available there). Not bad for £32. Plus I get the chance to try many Brew Dog brews I have not sampled before.

In addition to those beers I received a bottle of the newly released lager Kingpin, some aged Dog D, a bottle of AB:19 and two bottles of Bourbon Baby (one I have very much enjoyed and the other I have laid down).

To round off the box there were a selection of three Hammer Heads cans. The Black Hammer about blew my mouth off with its 200+ IBUs (which was actually a welcome thing). The remaining Black Hammer and the Monk Hammer will be saved for a rainy day.

As well as the beers you get tasting notes…

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…which give details of all the beers in the box:

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That was my first BottleBox which I am very happy with. I’ll be appending to this post as I get each delivery detailing what is in it so that anyone thinking of subscribing has an idea of what they could get.

July 2016 BottleBox

Black Eyed King Imp – can

Kingpin – can

Paradox Islay – bottle

Candy Kaiser – bottle

#Mashtag 2016 – bottle x 2

Electric India – bottle x 2

Elvis Juice – bottle

Ace of Chinook – bottle

Hop Fiction – bottle

Jack Hammer – bottle

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August 2016 BottleBox

Electric India – can

Albino Squid Assassin – can

Ship Wreck – bottle

Hardcore IPA – bottle

Kingpin – bottle

Dead Pony Club – bomber

AB:20 – bottle

Hello My Name is Ingrid – bottle x 2

Barrel-Aged Albino Squid Assassin – bottle

Restorative Beverage for Invalids and Convalescents – can x 2

BrewDog Crest Bottle Opener

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September 2016 BottleBox

Elvis Juice – can

Kingpin – can (although it should be Hop Fiction according to the tasting notes)